One of the most missed components of the entire insurgency in Iraq was that Syria and Bashar al-Assad facilitated Al Qaeda's operations in Iraq. They actually headquartered the Iraq Ba'ath Party and all of their escaped generals in Damascus.
When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.
The liberal professions, and in a wider sense the well-to-do classes, are certainly those with the liveliest taste for knowledge and the most active intellectual life.
The United States has the most capable military in the world. We have the best intelligence agencies.
You have to dream intentionally. Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally.
Use each interaction to be the best, most powerful version of yourself.
Most economists use 'fixed' and 'pegged' as interchangeable or nearly interchangeable terms for exchange rates.
The most interesting place I've gone on location was New Orleans.
Personally, as a print journalist, I always found the most interesting stories to be the ones hacks talked about in the bar after work.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Interestingly, simple and ordinary experiences often provide the most important learning opportunities we ever have.
I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.
The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security Council to uphold international peace and stability.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States uprooted more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent, most of them American citizens, and confined them in internment camps. The Solicitor General was largely responsible for the defense of those policies.
I'm most comfortable at the intersection of technology and helping people; that's really what gets me going and gets me excited and what I get most passionate about.
In the height of summer, a ripe cantaloupe is one of the most intoxicating pieces of produce under the sun.
The Discovery was the most intricate, complex machine man has ever built. It's a testament to our time.
Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.
Most people at CMU thought it was perfectly reasonable for the U.S. to invade Nicaragua. They somehow thought they owned it.
Most liberals I know were for invading Afghanistan right after 9/11.
